How About a Sandwich?”
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The Little Bird© A Twice-Weekly Newsletter For Curious Seniors Nancy A. Franks, Editor Topic: “How About A Sandwich?” “Where’d you hear that?” “The Little Bird© told me!” Smorrebrod Tramezzini Croque Monsieur ) thespruceeats.com URBANguide.dk) (Photo Source: (Photo Source: thespruceeates.com) (Photo Source:(Photo The name Smorrebrod translates to Stop into any cafe or bar in Italy and If you can forget about the calories, it’s “buttered bread”, but there’s much you’ll see people snacking on hard to resist France’s Croque more to Denmark’s favorite sandwich. triangular treats. Tramezzini are small Monsieur. Thick slices of buttered First, a thick slab of dense and sour sandwiches on soft white bread with bread are topped with sliced ham, Danish rye bread is spread with butter, the crusts removed. Popular fillings Dijon mustard, and Gruyere cheese. sour cream, goose fat, or horseradish. include egg salad, prosciutto cotto and After it is fried, creamy béchamel Next it may be topped with pickled or sliced artichokes, or tuna, capers, and sauce is poured over the sandwich. The smoked fish, liver pâté, sliced cold cuts, tomatoes. The fillings are neatly and creation is then placed under a broiler boiled eggs, plums, or apples. Grab artistically arranged so that they for a few minutes before serving. your knife and fork. An open-faced reach the edge of the bread. Diners wishing to kick it up a decadent Smorrebrod is never eaten with your Tramezzini were first served in Caffe notch order a Croque Madame to add hands. Castello in Turin. an egg to the top of the sandwich. Cemita Poblana Cucumber Arepa Reina Pepiada .com) today (Photo Source:(Photo (Photo Source: food.com) (Photo Source: (Photo edu.ajlc.waterloo.on.ca) Would you like a cucumber sandwich Open wide for the cemita poblana, fit for a queen? Buckingham Palace An arepa is flat, round corn patty that named for the Mexican city and region Cucumber Sandwiches call for paper is fried, grilled, or baked. Arepas are of Puebla where it originated. A thin, slices of English cucumbers that stuffed to create a wide variety of seeded roll made without egg is piled have been salted and drained. Two Venezuelan sandwiches. The popular high with a flavorful combination of layers of cucumber rounds are added Arepa Reina Pepiada is filled with ingredients. Layers of sliced avocado, to buttered bread. After sprinkling shredded chicken, avocado, lime, soft white cheese, chipotles, raw with salt, pepper, and chopped mint, a coriander, mayonnaise, and peas. The onions, and meat that has been slice of buttered bread is placed on top. name means “curvy queen”, a tribute breaded and fried create a sandwich The crusts are removed before the to the first Venezuelan woman to be that is as colorful as it is delicious. sandwich is cut into quarters. awarded the title of Miss World. Medianoche Sandwich, England Bánh Mí casacomida.com) Photo Source: Photo ( (Photo Source: thespruceeatsdelish.com) (Photo (Photo Source: timeout.com) (Photo Source: Are you a fan of the Cubano, the The historic town of Sandwich, Kent This sandwich is packed with flavor! popular hot, pressed sandwich on the River Stour has a population The Vietnamese baguette is made served across the United States? of almost 5,000 residents. Many of with a combination of wheat and rice Then you’ll love Cuba’s the medieval buildings have been flour. Its crust is thinner than a French Medianoche. Both sandwiches preserved. Back in 1354, Richard II baguette, with a chewier inside. To include thinly sliced roast pork, ordered that a wooden wall be built create a Bánh Mí, the baguette is cut lengthwise and spread with butter, ham, dill pickles, yellow mustard, around the town to protect against mayonnaise, or mashed avocado. Next, and Swiss cheese. The difference is invasion. Although the wall is long it is seasoned with soy sauce or the bread. While the Cubano is gone, the Fisher Gate dates back to Worcestershire sauce. Pork liver pâté served on crispy Cuban bread, the 1384. Just because Sandwich is a and shredded pork are added. Cool Medianoche uses a soft, sweet egg small town, that doesn’t mean it pickled vegetables and crisp dough bread. The sandwich’s name, lacks excitement. The first captive cucumbers are the perfect Medianoche, means midnight. elephant in Northern Europe was accompaniment to the hot meat. That’s about the time that they’re brought to Sandwich by Emperor Finally, the masterpiece is seasoned served in Havana’s night clubs. Claudius in 43 AD. with a fiery chili sauce and cilantro. Ta’ameya Sandwich, Massachusetts Gyro .com) itinari olivemagazine.com) (Photo Source: t (Photo Source: a1exterminators.com) (Photo Source: (Photo Egypt’s national sandwich, the The seaside town of Sandwich, Gyros are Greece’s favorite grab and Ta’ameya, is worth waiting for. First, Massachusetts, named after Sandwich, go meal. Street vendors hand carve fava beans or chickpeas are ground Kent, is Cape Cod’s oldest town. It was chicken and pork from vertical and combined with onions, herbs, settled by a group of people from rotisseries, then wrap the meat in and spices. The mixture is rolled Saugus, Massachusetts in 1637. The single piece of fresh, warm pita bread. into small balls and deep-fried. Cape Cod Canal, which opened in Tomatoes, onions, and fried potatoes 1914, passes through Sandwich. A are also added. That’s right, the fries While the falafel balls are still portion of Otis Air National Guard are not served on the side – they crispy and hot, they are wrapped in Base is located in the town. Residents become part of the sandwich. Tzatziki warm pita bread with diced and tourists enjoy Sandwich’s many sauce is generously drizzled over the tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions. attractions, including Heritage gyro. This condiment is created from The sandwich is topped off with Museum & Gardens, the Sandwich salted strained Greek yogurt mixed savory, nutty tahini sauce. Glass Museum, and the Sandwich with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil, Ta’ameyas are popular street food, Boardwalk. The town is home to the and herbs. If you prefer to eat your often served with humus and oldest house on Cape Cod. Thornton meal with a knife and fork, you can pickled vegetables. Burgess, the author of Peter Rabbit order gyro merida to have the was born in Sandwich. ingredients served on a plate. Earl Of Sandwich Sandwich Quotes Favorite U.S. Sandwiches “Too few people .com) understand a good - Paul Lynde sandwich.” mapsoftheworld .com) “Sandwiches are (Photo Source: (Photo wonderful. You don’t need a spoon or a plate!” As you travel across America, you’ll en.wikipedia - James Beard find that each state has its own favorite sandwich. In Arkansas, “You can make any meal fried bologna served with cheese, into a sandwich, and any lettuce, and crunchy dill pickles (Photo Source: Source: (Photo sandwich into a meal.” ranks #1. Missouri places the hot - Jeff Mauro salami sandwich in the top spot. A trout sandwich is #1 in Wyoming “A man’s social rank is and pastrami is the leading John Montague was born on determined by the contender in New York. In Georgia, November 13, 1718. He followed in his amount of bread he eats grandfather’s footsteps at a very early the pimento cheese sandwich is in a sandwich.” age, becoming the 4th Earl Of king. California claims the French - F. Scott Fitzgerald Sandwich when he was just ten years Dip as its favorite, while old. Hopefully, he was never asked to “When I was about ten Massachusetts has chosen the write his full name and title on a years old, I gave my fluffernutter as its state sandwich. document. It certainly would have In Michigan, they can’t get enough teacher an April Fool’s taken up a lot of space to write: of ham and Swiss cheese on an onion sandwich, which had a th role. John Montague 4 Earl Of dead goldfish in it.” Don’t miss the next Sandwich, Viscount - Alan Alda Hinchingbrooke, Baron issue of “My favorite dinner is a The Little Bird©! Montague Of Saint Neots cup of tea and a ham XXX The Little Bird Many people forget that Montague served as the British First Lord Of The sandwich with English Sources: Admiralty during the Revolutionary mustard.” - Marco Pierre White www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/sandwiches.html, War. Instead, they recall that he was www.thespruceeats.com/sandwiches-from-around- “Sandwich every bit of the-world, the inventor of the sandwich. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montagu,_4th_Earl_o Whether that is true or not is up for criticism between two f_Sandwich, www.saveur.com/how-to-make- smorrebrod, debate. layers of praise.” chicagotribune.com/dining/craving/sc-italian- - Mary Kay Ash sandwiches-tramezzini-food, One popular tale claims that www.justapinch.com/recipes/main- Montague was an avid gambler, course/chicken/cemita-poblana-puebla-style- “I believe that all anyone sandwich, www.food.com/recipe/buckingham- refusing to leave the card table even really wants is to sit in palace-garden-party-cucumber-sandwiches, for meals. Instead, he would request www.foodrepublic.com/2011/07/12/medianoche- the-cubanos-hot-sister, www.196flavors.com/egypt- peace and eat a “roast beef in between two pieces of falafels-taamiyaswww.ourworldforyou.com/a-visit- bread” so that he could hold his food in sandwich.” - Liz Lemon to-sandwich-in-kent-england, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich,_Kent, one hand and his cards in the other. kids.kiddle.co/Sandwich,_Kent, When his fellow gamblers were asked “When you’re arguing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich,_Massachusetts, kids.kiddle.co/Sandwich,_Massachusetts, what they’d like to eat, they would and you know she’s right, Syracuse.com/cny/1020/04/banh_mi, reply, “I’ll have the same as Sandwich.” https://www.itinari.com/a-guide-to-ordering- just buy her a sandwich.” gyros-in-greece, Before long, people would simply refer - Anonymous www.ezcater.com/lunchrush/office/america-50- to the meat and bread combination as iconic-sandwiches “a sandwich”.